Guests this Week

It was a nail-biter that could have affected production throughout the industry. At the last possible minute, the Writers Guild of America agreed to contract terms with the studios. Jonathan Handel, entertainment labor reporter for “The Hollywood Reporter” shares all the details, tonight.

Harry Ostaffe is the director of product marketing for Black Box, a company that helps customers build, manage, optimize, and secure their IT infrastructure. As more and more productions move toward live streaming and collaboration, we thought it would be interesting to talk with a company that enables collaboration, communication and control.

Erik Weaver, Luminary of the Future with HGST, joins us tonight to talk about the challenges of Cloud storage, how to manage vast amounts of media, and how Western Digital, Hitachi and G-Technology are now working together.

Alx Klive is the Founder/CEO of live VR capture company 360 Designs. The company has made waves with its innovative 360 camera designs, live VR workflow solutions, and live VR production credits, that include the Oscars, SXSW and a VR concert for Sony Music. Tonight, we look at the process of live VR capture.

Media Asset Management is important in any project – but is often misunderstood or not used. Tonight, we talk with Nigel Booth, EVP Business Development and Marketing for IPV. IPV makes “Curator,” an all-in-one media management system. Welcome, Nigel!

James DeRuvo, Senior Writer at DoddleNEWS, has a multi-faceted career that spans radio, film and publishing. Covering technology in the video industry for nearly 20 years, James presents our weekly DoddleNEWS Update.

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